14-year-old charged with attempted murder

SAN DIEGO COURTS  A 14-year old boy who stabbed a 13-year-old girl who is also the mother of his child was charged with attempted murder and other counts in San Diego Juvenile Court on Monday.

The boy’s identity is not being revealed because of his age and because he is being prosecuted as a juvenile and not as an adult.

He is also charged with corporal injury to the mother of his child, assault, assault with a deadly weapon ﻿and making criminal threats. Each of the charges also has several enhancements for using a weapon, and inflicting great bodily injury.

The youth faces a maximum term of 15 year in prison if convicted, according to Deputy District Attorney Jorge Del Portillo.

He was ordered held at Juvenile Hall until his next court hearing June 30.

On Wednesday, the boy allegedly attacked and stabbed the girl in the neck at his home on B Avenue near East Fifth Street in National City.

The attack happened about 12:35 a.m. Police arrested him several hours later.

The girl was stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife and taken to the hospital. She is expected to recover. The attack may have been precipitated by what police called jealousy issues between the two.